tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642807619836239233.post6740487830185250250..comments2023-05-01T11:57:53.201-04:00Comments on Just Off the One-Lane Road: Let There Be Light!Elorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04579555623060708938noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642807619836239233.post-40547265868903106342010-12-03T07:12:42.396-05:002010-12-03T07:12:42.396-05:00Yes, folks it IS that time of year! Keep those wa...Yes, folks it IS that time of year! Keep those water jugs full, Vicki! Barbara, i'm glad my post served as a reminder. Snow showers are in the forecast all the rest of this week. Get those provisions!! NCMW, that was smart to put in that generator! You knew what to plan for! Elora, sounds just like my own experience! That Hershey's cocoa with a marshmallow melting on top! Thomas, I can certainly relate to feeling alone! Not that the power outage in itself, created anxiety. But when the first contact told me WE were the problem, I wasn't at all pleased with the idea of MM's fumbling around in the dark trying to fix an electrical problem; so it pays to wait awhile before reporting!! And, like you, we needed to apply some logic and put zero and zero together: no lights on the east or west...Ahhhhh! we're not alone!!<br />EloraElorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04579555623060708938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642807619836239233.post-63349353599818284262010-12-03T04:38:43.783-05:002010-12-03T04:38:43.783-05:00Hi Elora and MM:
Yeah...we were in the middle of ...Hi Elora and MM:<br /><br />Yeah...we were in the middle of dinner preparation when the power went out. We put it all on hold, then all of us sat at the table and talked by candlelight until it came back on several hours later. It was nice spending some time with my two youngest (17 and 21). Usually when the power goes out I have to get in the truck and drive out to the hardtop road to see if it is just me or the neighborhood...a small drawback for having no visible neighbors.Thomashttp://www.oohf.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642807619836239233.post-22200657296155712782010-12-02T23:02:28.639-05:002010-12-02T23:02:28.639-05:00Hi Elora - just doing my weekly catch up reading y...Hi Elora - just doing my weekly catch up reading your blog - I loved this post! Reminds me of when we used to get power outages back home. I have a particularly fond memory of being cold and having a craving for hot chocolate - one small problem - we had an electric stove! So we dug through the wood pile shoved some logs in the wood stove, grabbed a pot and made the best hot chocolate ever - from scratch and slow cooked! Yummy! I love power outages - unfortunately (fortunately) Italy doesn't get many - all the power lines are UNDER the road!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642807619836239233.post-58867118714558849492010-12-02T21:48:28.924-05:002010-12-02T21:48:28.924-05:00We are prepared the easy way. When we built our h...We are prepared the easy way. When we built our house we got a very large propane generator.<br /><br />Our kids do have fond memories of power outages when they were children. We took sleeping bags and "camped" out in the den before the fireplace. They were always disappointed when the power came back on and we often stayed there for a while longer reciting poems and telling stories.NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642807619836239233.post-81420136799203080492010-12-02T11:22:51.863-05:002010-12-02T11:22:51.863-05:00Elora -- you sure are prepared for power outages. ...Elora -- you sure are prepared for power outages. The post was a reminder to me to get some food stocked in the pantry and some new oil light globes. We can have some wicked power outages in this area. -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642807619836239233.post-8906970454352207682010-12-02T10:35:16.660-05:002010-12-02T10:35:16.660-05:00We keep water in jugs all through the winter for s...We keep water in jugs all through the winter for such eventualities. Like you too, we are prepared with oil lamps and wood stoves etc. And it's fun for a while.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.com